Attachment for wash wringers



Fish 112, 119290 63, MUSCATQ ATTACHMENT FOR WASH WRINGERS Filed May 21, 1927 5 y m fl 1% Waited eh H2, 1920 .PATE'T erusnrrn iauschfro, or BUFFALO, nnw YORK;

arracnmmrr ron WASH wnmenns.

Application filed Kay .21;

@ne of its objects is the provision of a' ple and eficient attachment of. this character which is desi ed to deliver the clothes to-the nger an thereb prevent the op erators hands being acci ently caught beno tween the wringer-rolls,v

A further object of the invention is to provide a wrin 'er attachment which is so constructed an organized that it is readily reversihle for use in wringin clothes as they it come from the washing mac ine or from the wash tubs, Y i

Astill further object is to provide the combined guard and conveyor with means for iding and directing the water wrung from 2 o the clothes in a predetermined course.

In the accompanying drawings :'--Figure 1 is a front view of a wringer equipped with my improvement. Figure 2is a vertical section thereof on line 2 2, Figure 1. Figure I 25 1 3 is a hip plan view of the same, partly in section. gate 4 is an enlarged transverse section on line 4 -4, liigu're 3.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several so j views.

'By way of'example, theimproved attachment is shown in connection with a well known t e of wringer applied to a washin mac ine ll'and' including the customary 3a ro Is 12, 12.journaledin'theside walls 13 of the. wrin er-frame and'driv'en inopposite di'- rections ygearingla .The means, for conve'i g or fe'edin the v clothes between the wringer-rolls and orm- 4e ing a safety guard for preventing the hands of the operator being cau ht between said rolls, comprises a; longitudmally adjustable frame movable in-ahori'aontal plane relative,

to the rolls 121 andjcarrying a conveyor. Said 4a frame referablyiconsists' 0f aflpair; of parallel slideIbarsaljfi-l ideclf in openings 16 formed in thew-Sid V,

, belowits'f rolls tofa'sn ne eitherihe full line or dotted line position ishownilin Figure. 2.

a w Located attireopposite ends of? these slide alls; 1311f the wringer.

1927. Serial No. 198,189.

bars and journaled in suitable bearings 17 applied thereto are rolls 18, 18 parallel with the wringer-rolls and about which passes the conveyor consisting of an endless belt 19 of any appropriate material, such as 'rubberca or the like. This belt is driven in either direction by the wringer-rolls and for this purpose its upper stretch passes between said rolls, as indicated in Fi ure 2. The conveyor-frame may be positlvely held in either to of its operatiye positions by means of springpressed bolts 20 which are mounted in'the side walls 13 of the wringer-frame and engage corresponding locking openings 21 in the slide bars 15, as shown in Figure 4.

In order to prevent the water wrun from the clothes splashing over the side e ges of the belt and on to the floor, it is provided along its marginal edges with retaining strips 22 which retain the water on the belt and compel it to flow into the wash tub or the tub of the washing machine;

To further uard the hands of the operator from accident y coming in contact with the wringer-rolls, hinged plates 23 are mounted transversely of the wrmger-frame above and 'oneach side of these rolls. These guard 'prlates extend outwardly and downwardly om their hinges 24, as shown in Figure 2, and terminate a suitable distance above the g0 face of the belt 19. B this construction, the uard plates also unction to revent bunc g of the clothes before being ad'- mitted to the wringer-rolls.

By mountin the conveyor on an adjustag able frame in t e manner described, the same can be made very compact and of a minimum length, and it can be quickly shifted to a position over the tub of the washing machine orto a position over the'wash tubs. While 99 possessing these advantages, it does not in any way interfere with the movement of the wringers. of the swivel type now incommon or useon electric machines, and it can be manu factured at a moderate cost.

..I claim as my 'invention: a

In combination, a wringer provided with rolls and having openings in the side walls thereof arranged-below and at ri ht angles to the axes of said rolls 'a frame inc uding tubu- 10 lar slide rods guided in said wall-openings for movement in a horizontal plane, said slide rods having locking openings adjacent their ends, bearings applied to the ends of said slide rods, rolls disposed at the opposite ends of said frame and journaled in said bearings, an endless belt passing around said framerolls and having its upper stretch disposed GIUSEPPE MUSCATQ. 

